Yoruba palaces had elaborately decorated __________.
A. lintels
B. cantilevering
C. corbelling
D. woodcarving
What feature of Bodhisattvas distinguishes them from images of the Buddha?
A. the use of specific mudras
B. their elongated earlobes
C. their princely garb and jewelry
D. their body visible through a clinging robe
In the ninth and eighth centuries BCE, the Greeks developed independently governed
___________, autonomous regions with a city as its political, economic, and cultural
center.
A. colonies
B. republics
C. kingships
D. city-states
The _____________ of the Augustus of Primaporta alludes to the descent of the Julians
from Venus.
A. cupid
B. cuirass
C. youthful appearance
D. pose
The seventeenth-century painter __________, considered the first great painter of the
Rimpa school, painted the Waves at Matsushima (Fig. 26-11), some of the finest
surviving golden screens.
A. Sen no Rikyu
B. Sotatsu
C. Qin Ling
D. Weh Hong
Brunelleschi carved the architectural detailing of his interior spaces in __________.
A. pietra serena
B. marble
C. wood
D. intarsia
Similar to masks and sculptures made in the twentieth century, the Zoomorphic Head
(Fig. 14-18) discovered in Angola is significant because ________________.
A. it is the oldest representational sculpture from central Africa
B. of its unusual surface patterning and decoration
C. it is the oldest woodcarving from central Africa
D. it demonstrates the technical skills of Kongo culture
Why did painters in the Netherlands begin producing smaller-scale paintings during the
sixteenth century?
A. Canvas was in short supply.
B. Patrons wanted paintings appropriate for homes.
C. Church patrons desired less ostentatious artwork.
D. The smaller size made them easier to transport.
Which artist is known for producing portraits of some of Britain’s leading intellectuals?
A. Timothy O”Sullivan
B. Henry Fox Talbot
C. Julia Margaret Cameron
D. James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Why did Celtic Christians develop their own liturgical practices and distinctive artistic
traditions?
A. They refused to accept the authority of Bishop of Rome.
B. They had little contact with Rome until the sixth century.
C. Celtic mythological beliefs prevailed over Christianity among the general
population.
D. None of the above.
The world’s earliest pieces of art come from South Africa and were probably used
as__________.
A. decoration
B. devotional objects
C. symbols of social status
D. crayons
What artistic development in the Six Dynasties period reveals a shift away from
Confucianism?
A. the introduction of the handscroll format
B. the use of Feng Ju
C. the emergence of landscape painting
D. the practice of copying paintings of the past
What does the scholar Michael Baxandall believe influenced Botticelli’s paintings?
A. the increasing influence of Netherlandish art
B. the slow movements of Florentine dance
C. the art of tapestry
D. the city’s desire to demonstrate civic virtue and pride
The Ara Pacis Augustae contains a wide molding with a Greek key pattern called a(n)
__________.
A. Glykera
B. meander
C. composite
D. bead and reel
The Christian Good Shepherd image draws on pagan images of all of the following
EXCEPT:
A. Apollo
B. Hermes
C. Orpheus
D. Herekles
Where was Pheidias’s large ivory and gold statue of Athena located in the Parthenon?
A. the pronaos
B. the cella
C. the east pediment
D. the west pediment
Guardian figures, called lamassus, combined features from all of the following
EXCEPT ____________.
A. a man
B. a god
C. an eagle
D. a horse
As Polynesians migrated across the Pacific, they brought with them the production of
__________, which was used for clothing, sails, mats, and ceremonial purposes.
A. tufa
B. bark cloth
C. bamboo
D. coral
Which of the following is NOT a possible explanation for motivations for the
Iconoclasm in the eighth century?
A. Iconoclasts viewed icons as a threat to the authority of Church clergy
B. Imperial concerns about the rising power of monasteries
C. Fear that the use of images in worship could lead to idolatry
D. Anxiety about the weakening state of the Byzantine Empire in the face of Arab
invaders
Rossetti was one of the leaders of the __________ Brotherhood.
A. Romantic
B. Pre-Raphaelite
C. Impressionist
D. Symbolist
Pottery was traditionally an art of __________ among the Pueblo peoples.
A. children
B. young men
C. women
D. chiefs
Artists used ____________to create a colorful dado below the images decorating
interior walls of the House of the Vetii (Fig. 6-29).
A. illusionistic painting
B. stone veneer
C. marble inlay
D. painted stucco
The Propylaia was a monumental entrance to the Athenian akropolis, which also
housed one of the earliest known _______.
A. restaurants
B. museums
C. libraries
D. theaters
Although tombs were a major focus of royal patronage in the New Kingdom pharaohs
also constructed monumental _____________ in honor of the gods and goddesses.
A. sphinxes
B. ships
C. temples
D. damns
What feature of Jocho’s sculpture of Amida Buddha at Byodoin is distinctively
Japanese?
A. the figure is not flanked by bodhissatvas
B. the lotus flower throne
C. joined-block construction
D. the representation of Amida Buddha
What visible characteristic distinguishes Gandhara sculptures of the Buddha?
A. the ushnisha
B. the use of red sandstone
C. the clearly defined folds in the robe
D. all of the above
Which of the following is NOT characteristic of gopuras at Hindu temple complexes?
A. They have an elegant concave silhouette.
B. They are at the center of the temple complex.
C. Their exteriors are richly embellished with sculpted figures.
D. Stairs inside allow visitors to climb to the top.
Which material was NOT used by Ottonian artists?
A. ivory
B. stone
C. wood
D. bronze
The elaborate bishop’s throne at Exeter Cathedral resembles_______________.
A. a shrine
B. embroidery translated into wood
C. opus angicanum
D. a predella
The twentieth-century Indian painter, __________, rejected the academic approach of
Western art and created images that reflect his ethnic origins, such as Bharat Mata
(Mother India) (Fig. 24-15).
A. Abanindranath Tagore
B. Gandhi Bhavan
C. Shah Jahan
D. B.P. Mathur
What stylistic element of The Book of Hours of Jeanne D”vreux suggests that the artist
was familiar with contemporary Sienese art?
A. the use of grisaille
B. the softly modeled folds of drapery gathered around elegant forms
C. his depiction of figures within discrete architectural settings
D. the inclusion of secular amusements and off-color jokes
Although modeled on the Byzantine church of Hagia Sophia, what is a notable
difference in the design of the Mosque of Sultan Selim (Fig. 9-23, Fig. 9-24)?
A. There are no windows at the base of the dome.
B. There is no longitudinal pull toward the apse.
C. The structure employs the horseshoe arches characteristic of Islamic buildings.
D. The ornamental use of muqarnas obscure the dome’s physical structure.
Hosteen Klah was a nadle, or Navajo third __________, and could learn both female
and male arts.
A. warrior
B. chief
C. gender
D. artist
The earliest known prehistoric cave painting site was discovered in 1994 and is called
__________.
A. Altamira
B. Chauvet
C. Pech-Merle
D. Lascaux
Even simple prehistoric shelters are considered architecture because they required
_______________.
A. large cut stones
B. the strongest males of the tribe
C. imagination and planning
D. knowledge of quarrying